AHS students win aviation scholarships

Robin Smith | Tue., April 7 @ 4:24 pm

Aspen High School students Katarina Kowar and Alex Coleman were selected as the first recipients of the Betty Pfister Memorial Scholarship, contributed by the women of the Aspen chapter of the Ninety-Nines (International Women Pilots Organization). The awards were announced Friday, April 3. Kowar, ...

Hotel Jerome's party celebrates its 125th anniversary and Aspen's historical eras

8Robin Smith | November 28, 2014 @ 11:13 pm

The Hotel Jerome celebrated its 125th anniversary Friday night, November 28, hosting a gala cocktail and dancing party, Party Like It's 1889, attended by several hundred people eager to dress up and travel through time to revisit previous eras that were milestones in the transformations of the ...

Over 250 remember Curt Chase at Sundeck party

2Catalina Cruz | October 4, 2014 @ 9:34 pm

On what would have been Curt Chase's 92nd birthday, over 250 people gathered Friday, October 3, at the Sundeck on Aspen Mountain to honor this great man and ski pioneer who shaped both the Aspen Ski School and ski instruction nationwide. It was a glorious, sunny day with golden leaves and ...

Sundeck party to celebrate storied life of Curt Chase

2Robin Smith | October 3, 2014 @ 2:04 am

The Aspen Skiing Company will host a celebration of the life of ski-industry and local legend Curt Chase this afternoon, Friday, October 3, atop Aspen Mountain at the Sundeck betwen 3 and 6 p.m. The Silver Queen Gondola will run from 2:30 to 6:30 at no charge, and all who knew ...

Grace Potter, Ziggy Marley kick off JAS Labor Day music in style

6Tripp Devers | August 30, 2014 @ 9:23 pm

Any skepticism was quickly diffused about this year's JAS Aspen Snowmass Labor Day lineup as soon as Ziggy Marley took the stage and took control of the entheusiastic crowd Friday evening in Snowmass' Town Park. Everyone was quickly on their feet as soon as Marley took the stage and the only breather ...

Durango Blues Train Rides Again This Weekend

1Staff Report | August 19, 2014 @ 1:58 pm

The last Durango Blues Train of the year takes place this weekend, August 22nd and 23rd in Durango, Colorado. Presented by the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and SBG Productions, this unique event takes place aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colorado. Each ...

Yoshitomo Saito's "Colorado Loops" in Vail

Staff Report | July 4, 2014 @ 10:49 am

The Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places (AIPP) has put up a sculpture exhibition of Colorado Loops by Yoshitomo Saito on the International Bridge in Vail Village. The two unique cast bronze sculptures will be on loan to AIPP for this exhibition through September 30. Yoshitomo Saito is a multitalented ...

Aspen set for summer kick off with Food & Wine Classic

Todd Hartley | June 10, 2014 @ 10:07 am

It finally stopped snowing, Memorial Day has passed, and June is here. That can only mean one thing: It’s time to sharpen up your taste buds and practice saying words like “tannins” and “oaky” in preparation for another Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. This year the annual ...

10th Mountain vet, ski legend Curt Chase passes away

1Robin Smith | June 9, 2014 @ 2:56 pm

Longtime Aspenite and skiing legend Curt Chase, 91, passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, June 6, at his Silverthorne home, surrounded by his family and a few close friends. Born October 3, 1922 in Manchester, NH, he spent over 40 years in Aspen/Snowmass, personally and professionally sharing ...

Aspen Community School kicks off $13 million redevelopment of Woody Creek campus

4Staff Report | June 3, 2014 @ 7:01 pm

The 42-year-old Aspen Community School broke ground this week on redevelopment of its 25-acre campus. Students, staff and a founding parent, wearing colorful t-shirts with the slogan “Don’t Stop Believin!”, dug into the glacial outwash soil on the mesa in Woody Creek that is home to ...

Adventurer Doug Sheffer was a man for all seasons

1Robin Smith | May 22, 2014 @ 3:08 pm

The Sunday, May 18th gathering at the Waldorf School near Carbondale was the last of four tributes honoring longtime resident Doug Sheffer, who died January 27th in a helicopter accident. He was 63. “We are here to celebrate Doug’s life. He really was a Renaissance man: ...

Aspen Skiing Co. Environment Foundation awards $114,000 in grants

3Staff Report | May 5, 2014 @ 12:03 pm

The Aspen Skiing Co.'s employee supported Environment Foundation awarded four grants last month totaling $55,000 to Wilderness Workshop, Thompson Divide Coalition, Western Environmental Law Center and High Country News. A press release from Aspen Skiing Co. says the grants "represent a continued commitment of the foundation to support responsible oil/gas development." ...

Veteran ski pros and Mountain Dragon honored together

3Robin Smith | April 18, 2014 @ 3:09 am

Over 80 people joined veteran ski instructors Per Guldbrandsgaard and Franz Zedlacher on Thursday, April 17, to celebrate their impending retirements and to acknowledge the last week before the venerable Mountain Dragon closes for good, ending its reign as the après-ski watering hole for Snowmass ...

10th Mountain Division stars in new film at Wheeler

7Robin Smith | April 2, 2014 @ 1:08 am

The legendary 10th Mountain Division ski troopers of World War II and their pivotal impact on the American ski industry will be featured in a two-part program this Friday night, April 4th, at the Wheeler Opera House in downtown Aspen. The documentary film Climb to Glory will be preceded by a conversation ...

Harold Ramis had strong ties to Colorado

7Tripp Devers | March 19, 2014 @ 7:20 pm

Harold Ramis’ recent death reminded film lovers of the incredible scope of his work and the memorable scenes he created via writing, directing and acting. It also prompted local residents to reminisce over their friendships with him during the Ramis family’s yearly ski vacations in Snowmass ...